Excerpt from Righteousness Exalteth a Nation: A Discourse Concerning the Relation of Morality to National Wellbeing; Preached in the Church of the Messiah, Montreal, on Sunday Evening, January 1, 1860 Our Divine Master on this point: Isay unto you, ex cept your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and pharisees, ye shall in no case enter the kingdom oi' heaven. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.